Cardiff City v Wolverhampton Wanderers
The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
Fifth Round Proper
3pm, Saturday 16 February 2008
Ninian Park, Cardiff City FC
Winning clubs will receive £120,000 from The FA
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Dave Jones will not be distracted by the thought of getting one over his old employers when his Cardiff City side face Wolves at Ninian Park on Saturday.

Jones spent nearly three years in the Molineux hot seat and guided the club back to the top flight, via the play-offs, after a 19-year absence (pictured below).

The 51-year-old is now in with a chance of repeating the trick with the Welsh club this season, after embarking on an impressive run of late with them, following a disappointing start to the season.

The Bluebirds currently occupy 12th place in the Championship table, level on points but with a superior goal difference to their weekend opponents, and they remain just four points from a top-six position.

But Jones insists that after landing a home draw in the Fifth Round, The FA Cup has now taken on extra significance as the club aim to reach the Quarter Finals for the first time since 1927, the year they went on to lift the trophy by beating Arsenal in The Final.

"It makes no difference to me that we're up against my former club," said Jones, a former Everton defender. 

"For me it will be another football game that I will be trying to win.

"It's a good opportunity to get to the Quarter Finals as Wolves are in the same division as us. They will be thinking the same.

"If we had drawn one of the big guns like Manchester United, Liverpool or Chelsea, we'd have wanted to be away for financial reasons. But if you get a club from the same division then you want to be at home, and we've got that.

"They beat us at our place this season but we won at Molineux last season so it's a 50-50 game. We will have to be at our best. They had a great result at Watford in the last round, so they'll be buzzing."